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Ansu Fati Becomes Youngest Champions League Goal Scorer
Ansu Fati, the 17-year-old Guinea Bissau born Barcelona prodigy has become the youngest goalscorer in Champions League history.
His goal in the match against Inter Milan on Tuesday was scored at the age of 17 years, 40 days. It beat the previous record held by Olympiacos striker Peter Ofori-Quaye. The Ghanaian was only 17 years, 195 days when he made his Champions League strike against Rosenborg.
Remarkably, Fati’s goal was scored in the 87th minute just a minute after he came in as a substitute in the match that has now consigned Inter Milan to the Europa League.
Champions League Youngest Scorers
17 years 40 days: Ansu Fati (Internazionale
Milano 1-2 Barcelona, 10/12/19)
17 years 195 days: Peter
Ofori-Quaye (Rosenborg 5-1 Olympiacos,
01/10/97)
17 years 216 days: Mateo
Kovačić (Dinamo Zagreb 1-7 Lyon, 07/12/11)
17 years 218 days: Cesc
Fàbregas (Arsenal 5-1 Rosenborg, 07/12/04)
17 years 218 days: Bojan
Krkić (Schalke 0-1 Barcelona,
01/04/08)
17 years 241 days: Martin
Klein (Panathinaikos 2-1 Sparta
Praha, 27/02/02)
17 years 263 days: Breel
Embolo (Basel 4-0 Ludogorets, 04/11/14)
17 years 300 days: Aaron
Ramsey (Fenerbahçe 2-5 Arsenal,
21/10/08)
17 years 322 days: Karim
Benzema (Lyon 2-1 Rosenborg, 06/11/05)
18 years 44 days: Alex
Oxlade-Chambelain (Arsenal 2-1 Olympiacos, 28/09/11)
Other Ansu records
Youngest Barça player in the Champions League
Set in the away game at Dortmund, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Second youngest Barça player ever
He was just 16 years and 298 days old when he appeared against Real Betis.
Youngest Barça goalscorer ever
Set away to Osasuna, when he was aged just 16 years and 304 days.
Youngest player to start at Camp Nou
Set a week later at home to Valencia…
Youngest player to score and assist in the same Liga game
…It took him just six minutes to both find the net and set up a goal, which also made him the youngest to ever score in a competitive fixture at Camp Nou, either for Barça or the visiting team.
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